Judy Riffle, Ed.D., Author at DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Shark Week Revisited: Anatomy of a Funded 21st CCLC Grant

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on August 23, 2019 July 21, 2023

My grandson was finally old enough this year to be as excited about Shark Week as much as I am. I love learning about sharks as much as I love being a grant peer reviewer….

Grant Funding in Action: USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

Here are three varieties of a fruit or vegetable: Belle of Georgia, Desert Gold, and Empress. Do you know what fruit or vegetable this is? If you guessed peaches, you are correct. I have enjoyed…

Reflections: Serving on a Community Foundation Grant Review Panel

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on June 28, 2019 June 28, 2019

Explain how you will transform lives, but remember… we will not fund staff. Nonprofit Haiku by Rosie Oldham This fabulous poem from Vu Le’s blog at Nonprofit AF illustrates some of the frustrations in…

Grant MythBusters

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on May 17, 2019 May 6, 2020

The popular television show, MythBusters, began on the Discovery channel in 2003. Like this tv show which fact checks and dispels or proves urban legends, the world of grants is ripe with myths. Time for…

Encouraging Quotes for Grant Professionals

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on March 29, 2019 September 14, 2021

I love quotes. Certain times of the year, grant professionals are extra busy and sometimes feel burned out, overused, unappreciated, and not appropriately compensated. To combat these times, I’ve compiled a list of favorite quotes…

(Successfully) Dealing with Difficult People on a Grant Team

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on January 14, 2019 December 2, 2020

As grant professionals, we all encounter a sticky situation, an argument, or a difficult colleague at some point in high-performing grant teams. For example, an accountant might demand something unallowable in a grant application, or…

Stephen King and Grant Writing

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on December 7, 2018 December 2, 2020

“Sorry, but there are lots of bad writers. Some are on staff at your local newspaper, usually reviewing little-theatre productions or pontificating about the local sports teams. Some have scribbled their way to homes in…

Grant Funding in Action: Mindfulness with Turkeys

in Grant Funding in Action (#grantswork) on November 5, 2018 August 13, 2019

Thanks, Diane Leonard, for recently reminding us that grant professionals are superheroes. We need to hear this, especially when we are fighting to make the world a better place despite current troubling events. As grant…

Shark Week and Grantitude

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on August 19, 2018 December 18, 2019

Shark Week’s thirtieth anniversary on the Discovery Channel was completed in 2018 from July 22-29. In 2016, I wrote about Shark Week and Serving on a Nonprofit Board. This year, I want to revisit Shark…

School Safety Grants

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on June 25, 2018 July 21, 2023

School Safety Grants and our Souls: Where do we go from here? “Does it ever give thee pause, that people used to have a soul—not by hearsay alone, or as a figure of speech; but…

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